# Semantic Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Semantic Ventures is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 4 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Feb 2026.

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# Semantic Ventures

Last cheque observed Feb 2026; 4 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund, May 2022

Pre-seed Seed Series A Onchain Web 3 Clothing

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**50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **273** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $500K** Rounds led **0 of 4**

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## Semantic Ventures highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

> investing in new rails for data & the digital economy From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $250K – $500K as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Onchain Web 3 Clothing
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Sidekick](https://millionrounds.com/company/sidekick)** Series A · GB · Eos Venture Partners **$11M** With 12 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Ryder](https://millionrounds.com/company/ryder)** Seed · SG · TechStartups **$3.2M** With 6 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Centrifuge](https://millionrounds.com/company/centrifuge)** DE · Medium **$3.7M** With 7 others
- **2018** 1 round
- **Oct** **StarkWare** IL · Medium **$30M** With 10 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

AS **Alexander Shelkovnikov** Executive Officer, Director i Filing they signed

YR **Yannick Roux** Executive Officer, Director i Filing they signed

We also hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Latest fund on file

**Raised**

a fund in May 2022

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$7.3M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $250K – $500K
- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Feb 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Pre-seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Semantic Ventures put money into.

[**Sidekick** $11M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sidekick)[**Centrifuge** $3.7M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/centrifuge)

## Quick answers about Semantic Ventures

### What does Semantic Ventures invest in?

Semantic Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Onchain, Web 3 and Clothing.

### How active is Semantic Ventures?

4 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2026.

### What has Semantic Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Sidekick (Series A, Feb 2026), Ryder (Seed, Oct 2025) and Centrifuge (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019).

### How big are Semantic Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.3M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $500K.

### Is Semantic Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Semantic Ventures?

Semantic Ventures is a VC firm based in London, United Kingdom.

### Has Semantic Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in May 2022.

### Does Semantic Ventures take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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